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    Tagged: Irrawaddy

    Crime Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Man arrested for gruesome police murder

    An Irrawaddy police sergeant has died after being attacked by an escaped detainee at a local station.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Election results 11

    The Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye has released the eleventh round of election results at just after midday local time.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Election results 6

    The Union Election Commission has released the sixth round of election results.

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    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    BREAKING NEWS: Election results 5

    The UEC has released the fifth round of election results.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    NLD urges members to take ‘thugs’ to court

    Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has moved to combat what it believes to be a smear campaign being waged against the party.

    Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Burmese rice exports to resume

    The temporary ban on Burma’s rice exports, which was imposed due to shortages and inflation during last month’s flood disaster, may soon be lifted.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Glacial floods threaten Myitkyina: expert

    Celebrated Burmese weather expert Tun Lwin warns that the Kachin capital could be hit by flooding and landslides caused by melting Himalayan glaciers.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    One million affected by floods

    Some one million people in Burma have been affected by recent floods, which cost the lives of nearly a hundred people, according to the government’s Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD).

    Irrawaddy residents abandon flood-racked towns video

    Lead Story Natural resources News Video

    Irrawaddy residents abandon flood-racked towns

    Villagers across Irrawaddy Division are abandoning their homes in droves after warnings that floodwaters would remain well over danger levels in the days ahead.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Floodwaters flow south to Irrawaddy delta

    Water levels are rising in the Irrawaddy and Pathein rivers, leaving residents concerned that dikes will not be able to withstand the growing pressure as monsoonal floodwaters move south into the Irrawaddy delta from affected regions further north.

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    Lead Story News Photos

    Photo round-up: Burma flooding crisis

    Floodwaters are receding in parts of Arakan and Chin states, and Sagaing division, but river levels in the Irrawaddy delta have exceeded danger levels.

    Farmers from Pantanaw Township rally, demanding the return of land they claim to have been confiscated in 1999-2000. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Pantanaw farmers rally against land grabs

    Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.

    Arakan Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    20 sentenced in Arakan for trafficking boatpeople

    The 20 were each sentenced to five years in connection with a ship carrying 208 migrants that was intercepted by the Burmese navy last month.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Teacher jailed for leading Irrawaddy protest ‘column’

    Wai Yan Aung of Bassein Government Technical College, a leader of the Irrawaddy protest against the National Education Law, was jailed under Article 18.

    DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster? video

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    DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster?

    On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through southern Burma, killing 140,000 people. Seven years after the worst natural disaster in Burma’s history, DVB Debate asks: ‘How would Burma manage another natural disaster?’

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Anti-vigilante white armband campaign grows

    Activists objecting to the use of government-hired thugs in student protests continue to take to the streets.

    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’ video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Video

    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’

    Millions of Burmese households remain in the dark, with only one third having access to regular electricity. More dams will mean more electricity, but where will it flow?

    Irrawaddy squats bulldozed ahead of royal visit video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Irrawaddy squats bulldozed ahead of royal visit

    People living on the bank of the Irrawaddy river say they had no warning before they saw their squats bulldozed ahead of a visit by the Norwegian royals.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    400 fishermen rescued after storm

    Over 400 fishermen swept into the sea last week by a storm in the Bay of Bengal have been rescued by a team led by the Burmese navy.

    Pirates of the Irrawaddy video

    Crime Lead Story News Video

    Pirates of the Irrawaddy

    Mandalay police have dispatched patrol boats to comb the Irrawaddy river for pirates.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Irrawaddy headmaster accused of selling off school property

    The headmaster and the village headman sell off a school property in Irrawaddy Division, without providing any prior notification to the staff, trustees or villagers, claim the local residents of Sakhangyi village in Irrawaddy Division.

    Summer beach boosts local businesses video

    Features Lead Story News Travel & Tourism Video

    Summer beach boosts local businesses

    Thousands of visitors from Rangoon and the Irrawaddy region head to Yankinthar beach to escape the summer heat – and it’s bringing unexpected job opportunities for the local farmers.

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone video

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News Video

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone

    Hundreds of activists set off from Rangoon by foot on a march to Myitsone, the source of the Irrawaddy River, to call for the complete shutdown of a China-backed hydroelectric mega-dam project at the site.

    Irrawaddy Dolphins under threat from ‘electrofishing’ video

    Environment Lead Story Video

    Irrawaddy Dolphins under threat from ‘electrofishing’

    The Irrawaddy Dolphins are being threatened with extinction by the practice of “electrofishing”, which provides high yields for individual fishers at the expense of the natural environment.

    News Politics

    Three killed following fishery row

    Three people were killed after a violent scuffle erupted following a dispute between a fishery operator and locals in Irrawaddy division’s Kyonpyaw township

    Environment News

    Four killed in Irrawaddy ferry accident

    An excessive amount of weight is said to have caused a ferry to capsize on the Irrawaddy River, leaving at least four dead

    News Politics

    More bombs found in Irrawaddy town

    Residents speak of bewilderment after two more devices are found in Henzada following yesterday’s bombing at a local government office

    News Politics

    Bomb blast hits Irrawaddy govt office

    Explosion causes minor damage as second unexploded device is found in the compounds of separate local government office

    News Politics

    Teenager ‘tortured, forced into sex trade’

    International Labour Organisation receives case of 17-year-old girl forced by aunt to sleep with up to 10 clients each day

    News Politics

    Teenager charged with murder of girl, 12

    Police arrest 17-year-old boy after hospital in Irrawaddy division confirms body of orphaned girl displays signs of rape

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